Sharing Bitmap via Android Intent

Question

In my android app, I have a bitmap (say b) and a button. Now when I click on the button, I want to share the bitmap. I am making use of the below code inside my onClic

Answer 1

As CommonsWare stated you need to get the URI to the bitmap and pass that as your Extra.

String bitmapPath = Images.Media.insertImage(getContentResolver(), bitmap,"title", null);
Uri bitmapUri = Uri.parse(bitmapPath);
...
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, bitmapUri );

Answer 2

A solution in Kotlin with a timestamp in the image's filename:

val timeStamp = SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(Date())
val imagePath = MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(
    context?.contentResolver,
    bitmap,
    "img_$timeStamp",
    null
)
val shareIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND).apply {
    type = "image/*"
    putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse(imagePath))
}
context?.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, null))